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Farm Safety talk in Ballybofey as part of Finn Valley Health and Wellbeing initiative

A discussion on Farm Safety takes place tomorrow evening in the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey as part of Positive Health and Well Being Fortnight in the Finn Valley. Last year, sixty per cent of workplace deaths were related to farm accidents, despite farmers representing just six per cent of the Irish workforce. With the summer

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Donegal All County League Results

Senior Division 1 Dungloe             1-6          v   0-6       Ardara Gwedoore         1-8          v    0-11    Glenswilly Four Masters   1-5          v   0-12       Malin St. Michaels     2-11         v    0-12     Kilcar   Division 2 Cloughaneely     1-15       v   0-13       N  Columba St Nauls                0-10      v    0-9       N  Mhuire Glenfin            

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Substantial increase in arrests over rally weekend compared to previous years

  Gardai have said this year’s rally weekend has seen a substantial increase in arrests compared to other years. Inspector Micheal Harrison has been speaking to Highland Radio News and said the number of arrests made across the county is considerably higher than previous years. A large number of illegally modified vehicles were also seized

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Man arrested by PSNI in connection with car bomb attempt on police officers car released unconiditionally

  A 27 year old man who was arrested by detectives from PSNI Serious Crime Branch, investigating an incident in which an under car improvised explosive device was placed under the car of a police officer in Eglinton on Thursday morning, has been released unconditionally. Detective Chief Inspector Gareth Talbot said police are still at

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Listen back to live music, features and chat on the Weekend Edition

The Weekend Edition with Greg Hughes broadcasts on Highland Radio every Saturday Morning from 10am till noon with a mix of music, features and chat and it was another bumper edition this week! On the show Rob Laffan discusses an app he developed which assists his daughter with Autism communicate, it recently won a major

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First night of rally weekend relatively quiet compared to previous years

Gardai have said the first night of rally weekend has been relatively quiet compared to previous years. A number of cars were seized in a multi-agency operation across the county.   The operation, which will be carried out for the duration of the weekend has been specifically designed to detect illegally modified vehicles. Gardai have

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Over 25% of people in Donegal are either hoarding or throwing out electrical waste

  New figures show that last year 733 tonnes of electrical waste was recycled in Donegal but still over a 1/4 of people in the county are either hoarding or throwing out electrical waste. The figures compiled by WEEE Ireland show an average of almost 5kg of electrical waste recycled per person in Donegal in

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Three arrested in Donegal in relation to bomb attempt on policeman’s car in Derry released without charge

Three men who were arrested on Thursday morning near Ballybofey have all been released without charge. They were arrested after a bomb was planted under a police officer’s car in Derry. At around 4am on Thursday morning the three men were arrested in Killygordon after their car was stopped and searched. The car was examined

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Appeal for witnesses to N13 crash in which a woman in her 20s died

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to a crash on the N13 Letterkenny to Stranorlar Road on Friday morning in which a woman in her 20s died. The collision, which involved a car and a lorry happened at Trentabouy, close to Drumkeen just before 7am. The N13 has now re-opened following a technical examination. Garda Traffic

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